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Re: Mailcap and Cygwin/Mutt 1.2.5i
- From: Olaf Foellinger <Olaf dot Foellinger at bln dot sesa dot de>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Cc: Thomas Baker <thomas dot baker at bi dot fhg dot de>
- Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 09:25:49 +0200
- Subject: Re: Mailcap and Cygwin/Mutt 1.2.5i
- References: <20020607145647.A160@LEPIDUS> <20020607133143.GB1408@NBOF> <20020607162934.D1872@LEPIDUS> <20020607150006.GB604@NBOF> <20020609114821.A2224@LEPIDUS> <20020610110850.A2132@mail.gmd.de> <20020610201645.GH716@tishler.net>
On Mon, Jun 10, 2002 at 04:16:45PM -0400, Jason Tishler wrote:
> Thomas,
>
> On Mon, Jun 10, 2002 at 11:09:13AM +0200, Thomas Baker wrote:
> > However, the mailcap function has _never_ worked, even with
> > careful experimentation ("mailcap entry not found"). On the
> > mutt-users mailing list, some users of Cygwin/Mutt 1.2.5i
> > said that mailcap worked for them, while others confirmed
> > that it did not.
>
> The mailcap function has *always* worked for me. First, with my private
> mutt build before Cygwin provided a mutt package. Then, with the
> standard Cygwin mutt. And finally, with various 1.3.x and 1.4 private
> builds.
>
> I just added the following in my ~/.mutt/muttrc file:
>
> set mailcap_path=~/.mutt/mailcap
>
> Attached is my mailcap file that can be used as a sample. I have some
> "glue" scripts (e.g., winword) that facilitate calling the real viewer.
> I have been using them successfully for years and can post them if you
> are interested.
Please do :).
Gruss Olaf Föllinger
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